Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 64)

Authority tends to assign jobs to those least able to do them.

Successful research attracts the bigger grant which makes further research impossible.

All laws are basically false.

The farther away from the entrance that you have to park, the closer the space vacated by the car that pulls away as you walk up to the door.

A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.

When the product is destined to fail, the delivery system will perform perfectly.

The theory is supported as long as the funds are.

People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

The lights are most likely to come back on at the precise moment you find the flashlight.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

An object will fall so as to do the most damage.

The length of debate varies inversely with the complexity of the issue.

Surprise is an event that takes place only in the mind of a commander.

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.

When in doubt, predict that the present trend will continue.

If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.

If you knew what you were doing you'd probably be bored.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

How to locate the slow-moving traffic lane or check-out land: Get in it.

Every solution breeds new problems.

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.